The Dickinson press., 1887-07-23
THE QUEENS JUBILEE,
As Witnessed by Il Former Dickin.
sOnian and Furnished to the
RES Urodnrr

SOuItll tiNt TuIulSutu W lHC
PRESS Readers.
SErsToN SQUARE. LONDON. n. W../
ENGLAND. 24th June, 1857.
Joseph Il. Scott.
Dear Sir:
find it quite impossible to- write
to friends in Dickinson in detail of
my visit here, and so it occurs to me
to send You IL little account of the
Jubilee, which You are ut liberty to
publish, if you think best.
The fifty years of Nictoria's reign
have been full of events of world
wide Importance and the recent ccle-
bration recalled their story. She has
been IL more OF less important factor
in bringing them about and her pure
domestic life. following the proili-
gtcy of preceding monarcls has now
the respect of all nations and her SYM
pathy with the various classes of her
people. the affection of ill her sub
jcctS. The "twenty-lirst" was, there.
fore Il milestone arrestiny universal
attention., giving rise to thankful
retrospect. to congratulations, to IL
measure of hopefulncSs. the last
yelled somewhat by the reflection
that the life of the queen is far spent
l and that Il like anniversary will never
come again To her and may not to the
t people. Her son. the Prince of
: Wales, is. | believe. II years of age.
$ and England may pass beyond IL mon
L archical form of government before
the grandson shall aspire otle office.
e Royalty is ornamental rather than
Il useful ut this present time in Eng
i land. and IL corrupt OF arbitrary court
would not long he tolerated. Jour-
IL nails of the independent type of the
.e Pail Mall Gazette are fearless in their
a predictions of II change sooner or
H. later, and II growing sentiment of
N democracy ! have heard spoken of in
l.. IL leading London pulpit us the out
lc standing fact of this century.
I'd Many high f,nctionarics of foreign
ps states were here to signaliZc the hon
ry cr paid to Victoria OH the day of her
in Jubilee. The kings of Denmark, of
cr Belgium and of Greece. the queens
ot of Belgium and of the Sandwich Is
lie lands. native princes of India. crown
nj princes prospective kings) of Ger
Sc many and Austria, inferior dignita-
on rirs from other European govern
cs mcnts and representatives of all
nationaliticS were present. The
le- population of the city lover five mill
ny lions) was vastly swellcd by an influx
~ from every part of the world, and
hotels and private lodgings were
filled. The procession started from
~ Buckingham Palace. the London resi-
Sc. drncc of the queen and wendell it's
H. way by important streets to West
he minister Abbey and back by other
o. streets. 1t was ut Westminster Alb
re hey where the coronation and burial
u of so many English sovcrciyns have
IS taken place, that the formal ccremon-
IN ial of thanksgiving was observed.
The route was, OF course, tllrongcl
with people. Staging was put up ut
every advantageous point. and seats
eS brought fabulous prices, eNen us high
as thirty guineas OF $3.50. Three
gulncas OF SIS secured Il good posi-
ell ton for my sister. while "Young
III America" consisting of my brother
IS and myself obtained Il good central
site by mounting the pedestal or base
of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar
Oh square. The view of the procession
Ell from this point was very fine, and
eli double. as the procession passed both
hS i'll going to and coming from the alb
hey. The procession was in three
IS. parts. Each Of the three divisions
pd was preceded by a mounted military
~. escort and consisted of ten or eleven
state carriages, highly ornamented
~. drawn by blooded horses, while the
ok drivers in front and standing foot
Tx men behind were in scarlet livery.
knce-breeclles &c. The divisions
h.. were about twenty minutes apart.
id The queen was i'll the eleventh car
nj riage OF the third or last division.
Her carriage was drawn by eight
cream-colored horses. On the seat
Ne facing her sat the crown princess of
% Germany and the Princess of Wales.
" The appearance of Victoria called out
" applause along the whole route but
" subdued rather than loud OF uproari-
Gus. The various members of the
u. royal family, including Her Majesty
were very gracious i'll bowling right
~ and left to the people. AS an imme-
diate escort, and just in front of the
e' queens carriage. rode on horseback,
her SONS and sons-in-law. This gave
an opportunity to see both the crown
- prince of Germany and the prince of
Wales. OF the ceremonial in the
y, abbey l can report nothing as an eye
y" witness. Admission was impossible
except to very select number. COZ.
=, sisting of distinguished visitors from
abroad. national representatives, the
royalty, Houses of Lords and Com
mons, city officials &c.
In the evening the city presented
II very gay appearance. The illumin-
ations We're Oh Il large and elaborate
:. scale. They We're produced by Jets
of gas, which in almost infinite mum.
Der Were made to spell out on private
and public buildings, sentiments
,f Good bless our Queen Gc.") or the